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Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits — By: — Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on taxpayer-funded state welfare benefits even as he was delving deep into the world of radical anti-American Islamism, the Herald has learned.
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Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical — You are here — Home » Government and politics » Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical — FILE - This combination of undated file photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Boston bomb suspect's name was on classified government watch lists — (Reuters) - The name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was listed on the U.S. government's highly classified central database of people it views as potential terrorists.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WHOA!... Zubeidat Tsarnaeva Tells CNN: “I Don't Care if My Youngest Son Is Killed. …
WHOA!... Zubeidat Tsarnaeva Tells CNN: “I Don't Care if My Youngest Son Is Killed. …
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Limbaugh: Boyhood Pictures Of Tsarnaev Show Media Trying To Do To Him ‘What They Did To Trayvon’
Limbaugh: Boyhood Pictures Of Tsarnaev Show Media Trying To Do To Him ‘What They Did To Trayvon’
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Kevin Cullen / Boston Globe:
Source: Marathon bombing suspect admitted to authorities that he and brother detonated bombs
Source: Marathon bombing suspect admitted to authorities that he and brother detonated bombs
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Downplays Connection To “Boston Bomber”
Alex Jones Downplays Connection To “Boston Bomber”
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Washington Post:
Boston bombing suspect cites U.S. wars as motivation, officials say
Boston bombing suspect cites U.S. wars as motivation, officials say
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Young Republican who worked for Ryan, Gingrich arrested over alleged nude photo scheme — A young Republican who worked during the 2012 campaign for former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has been charged with federal stalking charges …
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FBI:
New York Man Charged with Internet Extortion and Cyber Stalking … A 21-year-old Great Neck, New York man was charged in a criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan with Internet extortion and cyber stalking, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
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NY Daily News:
Former Romney campaign intern busted in nude-pics blackmail scheme — Adam Savader, who also interned for Newt Gingrich and Paul Ryan, is charged with illegally obtaining nude photos of 15 women and threatening to make them public unless they sent more. He is currently being held pending his bail hearing.
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Former GOP Candidate Reacts After Man He Allegedly Framed For Ricin Poisoning Is Released — A former Republican candidate for Mississippi's House of Representatives named J. Everett Dutschke expressed disbelief and dismay Tuesday shortly after a man he was accused of framing for mailing letters …
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Robbie Brown / New York Times:
Focus Shifts in Ricin Case as Charges Are Dropped
Focus Shifts in Ricin Case as Charges Are Dropped
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New York Times:
Budget Cuts, Minus the Inconvenience — On Monday, after the sequester cuts forced the Federal Aviation Administration to begin furloughs for air traffic controllers, delays began to build up at airports around the country. Travelers had to wait, but nothing delayed Republicans from scurrying away from all responsibility.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Mixed Reactions to Senate Gun Vote — Democrats More Disappointed than Angry — OVERVIEW — The key Senate vote that halted gun control legislation last week is drawing a mixed reaction from the American public: 47% express negative feelings about the vote while 39% have a positive reaction …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Gun Vote and 2014: Will There Be an Electoral Price?
The Gun Vote and 2014: Will There Be an Electoral Price?
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton hits the speaking circuit — Hillary Clinton's next chapter — the paid speaking circuit — begins today. — The former first lady, senator and secretary of state has overnight become one of the most in-demand speakers in the world — as a a reported $200,000-a-pop fee attests …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Bush on Cheney: 'It's been cordial' — Former President George W. Bush is in the midst of a media blitz to promote the Thursday opening of his presidential library and has generally projected a jaunty, at-peace air as he takes questions about his tumultuous eight years in the White House.
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Mat Honan / Wired:
Twitter Now Has a Two-Step Solution — Twitter has a working two-step security solution undergoing internal testing before incrementally rolling it out to users, something it hopes to begin doing shortly, Wired has learned. — Such a system will drastically reduce the risk of Twitter users having …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Turbulence at The Times — One Monday morning in April, Jill Abramson called Dean Baquet into her office to complain. The executive editor of The New York Times was upset about the paper's recent news coverage — she felt it wasn't “buzzy” enough, a source there said — and placed blame on Baquet, her managing editor.
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Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Mosque that Boston suspects attended has radical ties — Terror suspects, fugitives and radical speakers have passed through the Cambridge mosque that the Tsarnaev brothers are known to have visited. — BOSTON — The mosque attended by the two brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombing …
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John Hudson / FP Passport:
Ron Paul fans furious over Rand Paul's drone flip-flop — Ron Paul's vibrant fan base is in open rebellion today over Rand Paul's perceived reversal on domestic drone strikes. The Kentucky senator, whose famous 13-hour Senate floor filibuster did much to strengthen his ties …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Pelosi Best Known, Least Liked of Congressional Leaders — Americans view top four leaders in House and Senate negatively, on balance — PRINCETON, NJ — The top Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. House and Senate are a generally unpopular foursome, with Democratic House Minority …
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Pew Social & Demographic Trends:
A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93% — An Uneven Recovery, 2009-2011 — OVERVIEW — During the first two years of the nation's economic recovery, the mean net worth of households in the upper 7% of the wealth distribution rose by an estimated 28% …
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Chas Sisk / In Session:
Stacey Campfield in hot water over joke about assault pressure cookers — State Sen. Stacey Campfield joked on his personal blog Monday about “assault pressure cookers” in the wake of last week's bombing in Boston. Then, the Knoxville Republican said a few hours later that he had been contacted by …
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